This comic is an animation, which was showing a new image every hour. In the beginning the interval was only half an hour. The unfolding story is set in the far future, at a time when the {{w|Strait of Gibraltar}} has long been blocked and the {{w|Mediterranean Sea}} has largely dried up leaving smaller, hypersaline seas behind. Megan and Cueball, living on the shores of one of these seas and unaware of its natural history, notice one day while building a huge sand castle on the beach that the sea level is starting to rise. They start a journey of exploration trying to find out why. Eventually they discover that the Straits of Gibraltar have once again been breached, and that the Mediterranean Basin is being flooded. They run back to their home, assemble their village, and board a makeshift raft. At the end they reach land with their rafts, searching for a new home.

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This comic is an animation playing at a rate of one frame per hour. The unfolding story that it tells is set in the far future, at a time when the Straits of Gibraltar have long been blocked, and the Mediterranean has largely dried up, leaving only a much smaller, hypersaline sea behind. Megan and Cueball, living on the shores of this sea, notice one day while building a huge sand castle that its level is starting to rise, and set off on a journey of exploration to try and find out why. Eventually they discover that the Straits of Gibraltar have once again been breached, and the Mediterranean Basin is being flooded. They run back to their home, assemble their village, and board a makeshift raft. Megan has now established that the sea has risen too far, and that they will have to remain on the raft for the duration of the flood.

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On frame 2925 the title text changed from "Wait for it." to "...", and after that it's just "RUN.". At approximately 2944, when Megan announced that it was too late to escape overland, it changed back to "..." (after having for a few minutes read "....", possibly by error).

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On frame 2925 the title text changed from "Wait for it." to "...", and one frame later to just "RUN.". At approximately 2944, when Megan announces that it is too late to escape overland, the title text changed back to "...". On Frame 3094, the words '''THE END''' appear in the middle of the screen and the title text changed to "The end.". The image now links to the scrollable collection of frames at [http://geekwagon.net/projects/xkcd1190/ geekwagon.net/projects/xkcd1190/]. The comic image on xkcd is currently looping through the last five frames of the comic.

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On Frame 3094, the words '''THE END''' appear in the middle of the screen. The title text has also changed to "The end.", and the image now links to the scrollable collection of frames at [http://geekwagon.net/projects/xkcd1190/ geekwagon.net/projects/xkcd1190/]. But there are still more pictures after this ''The end'' scene. Wait for it, as the original title text did tell.

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This comic now has its own {{w|Time (xkcd)|article}} on Wikipedia.

===Format===

===Format===

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This comic is actually a series of images which play as a rough animation (the animated image on this page is still an incomplete compilation of all the images). The pictures are still updated over the course of time. As of July 28, 2013 the comic has been running for more than 2970 hours (over 126 days) and more than 3100 frames have been revealed.

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This comic is actually a series of images which play as a rough animation (the animated image on this page is still an incomplete compilation of all the images). The pictures were updated over the course of time. The comic ran for 2973 hours (over 124 days) and consists of 3101 image frames.

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For the first 120 hours, a new frame replaced the previous frame every 30 minutes, at :00 and :30 of each hour; the remaining frames have since been revealed every hour. The update is done server-side, with the server redirecting the image link (time.png) to a different image every hour. The source images have very long random hash names, making it virtually impossible to access future frames. There is no apparent way to view past frames on the official xkcd website, and only the current frame is posted there at any given time. Given the unique nature of this comic, several websites have been dedicated to tracking it and its full run can be viewed at some of these sites (see below).

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For the first 120 hours, a new frame replaced the previous frame every 30 minutes, at :00 and :30 of each hour; the remaining frames have since been revealed every hour. The update was done server-side, with the server redirecting the image link (time.png) to a different image every hour. The source images have very long random hash names, made it virtually impossible to access future frames. There is no way to view past frames on the official xkcd website, and only the current frame is posted there at any given time. Given the unique nature of this comic, the full image archives can be browsed through several websites that have been dedicated to tracking it (see below).

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At 850 hours (36 days 10 hours) the first "scene" of the comic ended at frame 971 with a fade to white, ushering in a second scene from frame 972. Normalized pictures are also available below (Day 36, Monday, April 29, 2013, normalized).

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Readers typically have divided the comic into four scenes (see below). For example, at 850 hours (36 days 10 hours) the first "scene" of the comic ended at frame 971 with a fade to white, ushering in a second scene from frame 972. Some of the last few frames of scene 1 are nearly white, but faint images can be seen in the normalized pictures available below (Day 36, Monday, April 29, 2013, normalized).

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===Plot===

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==Plot==

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====Scene 1: The castle and the Sea====

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===Scene 1: The castle and the Sea===

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[[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] are alone on a sandy beach near the sea. As the story unfolds, Megan and Cueball begin to build a {{w|sand castle}} on the beach. The two continue to expand the castle back from the beach as the scene zooms out. Briefly they have fun launching small objects at the castle with a {{w|trebuchet}} before continuing the build.

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[[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] are alone on a sandy beach near the sea. They begin to build a {{w|sand castle}} on the beach. The two continue to expand the castle back from the seashore as the scene zooms out. Briefly they have fun launching small objects at the castle with a {{w|trebuchet}} before continuing the build.

Both Cueball and Megan each leave the scene for extended periods at times but always return to continue building. They add what appears to be scaffolding and ladders to expand the castle skyward. All the while, Cueball and Megan wax philosophically about the nature of the sea, the feeding river, the rising tides, and what else lies in the world. In the end, the two decide to go off and explore the world as the sea begins to erode the castle and the scene fades to white.

Both Cueball and Megan each leave the scene for extended periods at times but always return to continue building. They add what appears to be scaffolding and ladders to expand the castle skyward. All the while, Cueball and Megan wax philosophically about the nature of the sea, the feeding river, the rising tides, and what else lies in the world. In the end, the two decide to go off and explore the world as the sea begins to erode the castle and the scene fades to white.

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One other character appears in the comic as of the end of this : A girl with a beret, similar to [[Beret Guy]], briefly appears to view the castle, and then leaves. She returns in the last two frames before the fade to white completes, dragging something. She later turns out to be a member of Megan and Cueball's village/tribe, who saw the castle being eroded and decided to turn it into a boat.

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One other character appears during the fade; A girl with a beret, similar to [[Beret Guy]], briefly appears to view the castle before leaving. She returns in the last two frames before the fade to white completes dragging something.

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===Scene 2===

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===Scene 2: Exploring an unknown world===

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====Scene 2 - Part 1: Walking on flatlands and then reaching the base of the hill====

====Scene 2 - Part 1: Walking on flatlands and then reaching the base of the hill====

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After a small talk both agree to find a ford. After walking for a while, Megan realizes that the river was wider than they realized. The branch of the river they were walking along joins up with another branch and the opposite bank eventually comes into view.

After a small talk both agree to find a ford. After walking for a while, Megan realizes that the river was wider than they realized. The branch of the river they were walking along joins up with another branch and the opposite bank eventually comes into view.

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They stop for a break and Cueball dozes off and mumbles in his sleep. They discuss this river and the difference between it and theirs. First mention of other people. They decide to continue upriver.

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They stop for a break and Cueball dozes off and mumbles in his sleep. They discuss this river and the differences between it and theirs before continuing upriver.

====Scene 2 - Part 2: Fun on dunes, some Berries, a frog, and the WOW trees from Madagascar====

====Scene 2 - Part 2: Fun on dunes, some Berries, a frog, and the WOW trees from Madagascar====

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The terrain begins to slope noticeably uphill. They wonder if others have noticed the rise of the sea and mention that they live in tents. They walk deeper into the dunes, having fun by jumping and sliding. Megan falls after jumping too high.

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The terrain begins to slope noticeably uphill. They wonder if others have noticed the rise of the sea and find tents left by other people. They walk deeper into the dunes, having fun by jumping and sliding. Megan falls after jumping too high.

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A bird appears in the sky. They watch it until it's gone, then begin walking again. Some vegetation appears, grass and then small trees. They stop and nap beneath a larger tree, seeming to have never seen one before.

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A bird appears in the sky. They watch it until it's gone, then begin walking again. Some vegetation appears, grass and then small trees. They stop and nap beneath a larger tree, seeming to have never seen one like it before.

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After a rest Cueball goes off to explore. He picks some berries and examines a campfire pit, then walks back to Megan and shares his findings. They wonder why the other people have left.

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After a rest Cueball goes off to explore. He picks some berries and examines a campfire pit, then walks back to Megan and shares his findings. They wonder why the prior owners of the tent have left.

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They stop at the river to drink, then climb a ridge, and are awestruck by two tall trees. As they walk through the trees, the first large tree has markings on the trunk and the fourth large tree has a strangely bent top, and they comment on these features before they continue on and past three more huge trees and a regular sized tree.

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They stop at the river to drink, then climb a ridge, and are awestruck by two tall trees. As they walk through the trees, the first large tree has markings on the trunk and the fourth large tree has a strangely bent top. They comment on these features before they continue on past three more huge trees and a regular-sized one.

====Scene 2 - Part 3: A vineyard, a snake is on their way, and a bird is protecting its baby====

====Scene 2 - Part 3: A vineyard, a snake is on their way, and a bird is protecting its baby====

They enter a vineyard and eat some grapes.

They enter a vineyard and eat some grapes.

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The two travel on. Cueball encounters a snake while climbing a small cliff and falls back. They find another section of the cliff and continue. After that they did reach a tree with a nest on top, a young "baby-bird" is crying for its food. Megan and Cueball are watching the birds while the baby gets the food. Afterwards, Cueball takes a short nap while Megan investigates a small river.

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The two travel on. Cueball encounters a snake while climbing a small cliff and falls back. They find another section of the cliff and continue. After that they reach a tree with a nest in it with a young baby bird crying for its food. The bird's mother feeds it, then Cueball takes a short nap while Megan investigates a small river.

====Scene 2 - Part 4: Walking uphill, a large cliff, and some mysterious animals====

====Scene 2 - Part 4: Walking uphill, a large cliff, and some mysterious animals====

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====Scene 2 - Part 5: The cougar attack====

====Scene 2 - Part 5: The cougar attack====

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A Cougar attacks Cueball. When the Cougar attacks, most of the hit gets absorbed by his backpack, but Cueball is forced on the ground. Megan comes running and attacking the large cat, which swipes Megan's leg and runs away.

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A cougar attacks Megan, but Cueball gets in the way - although not before it claws her leg. Most of the hit gets absorbed by his backpack, but Cueball is forced to the ground. Megan grabs a stick and attacks the large cat, which runs away.

====Scene 2 - Part 6: Starting to walk to the top of the mountain, the sun sets down====

====Scene 2 - Part 6: Starting to walk to the top of the mountain, the sun sets down====

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Megan decides she would like to press on despite her injuries. Cueball and Megan then take turns sleeping as night arrives. Cueball takes the first watch. While Megan sleeps a meteor appears in the sky. Then Megan takes the next watch. Once Cueball wakes up, they start their journey again up the mountain, which is slower due to Megans injuries and Cueball has to help her over some of the steeper climbs.

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Megan decides she would like to press on despite her injuries. Cueball and Megan then take turns sleeping as night arrives. Cueball takes the first watch. While Megan sleeps a meteor appears in the sky. Then Megan takes the next watch. When Cueball wakes up, they start their journey again up the mountain, which is slower due to Megan's injuries as Cueball has to help her over some of the steeper climbs.

====Scene 2 - Part 7: After the night the final attempt to reach the top of the mountain====

====Scene 2 - Part 7: After the night the final attempt to reach the top of the mountain====

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After they reach a plateau there is a tower. Megan climbs up and sees other people. Cueball is curious and climbs up the tower too. On top of that tower Megan remarks her wound doesn't hurt much at walk but it does when she climbs. But they found other people, Megan is happy.

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After they reach a plateau there is a tower. Megan climbs up and sees other people. Cueball is curious and climbs the tower too. On top of that tower Megan remarks her wound doesn't hurt much when walking but it does when she climbs.

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===Scene 3: Finding an unknown tribe===

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====Scene 3 - Part 1: Finding other people====

====Scene 3 - Part 1: Finding other people====

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====Scene 3 - Part 2: Walking to the long haired woman====

====Scene 3 - Part 2: Walking to the long haired woman====

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After walking uphill again they approach another tower. A device is mounted to the top, more smaller devices are around. They drink some water there, and Cueball learned his first word in this new language: "water" or "drink". To aid communication, they start to draw pictures on the ground. Cueball shows their travel from the sea to the current location, and the stranger adds the rising sea level, indicating that he knows about this happening. The stranger shows a castle some more uphill and a long haired woman behind it. Cueball hopes they can speak to her, and the stranger explains with a drawing that it's less than a day away. The strangers collect their devices and store them somewhere. Then they start the travel to the castle. When they rest, Megan and Cueball taste some food offered by the strangers; they like it. A large flag appears and they encounter a small city. Then a big castle, still under construction, is viewable in front of them. Megan states that she never thought to see a real castle, so it's just breathtaking to her. On their way to the castle they meet another stranger, exchanging some greetings. Then they enter the castle.

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After walking uphill again they approach another tower. A device is mounted to the top and more smaller devices are around. They drink some water there and Cueball learns his first word in this new language: "water" or "drink". To aid communication, they start to draw pictures on the ground. Cueball shows their travel from the sea to the current location, and the stranger adds the rising sea level, indicating that he knows about this happening. The stranger shows a castle some more uphill and a long haired woman behind it. Cueball hopes they can speak to her, and the stranger explains with a drawing that it's less than a day away. The strangers collect their devices and store them somewhere. Then they start the travel to the castle. When they rest, Megan and Cueball taste some food offered by the strangers; they like it. A large flag appears and they encounter a small city. A big castle, still under construction, is visible in front of them. Megan states that she never thought she would ever see a real castle. On their way to the castle they meet another stranger, exchanging some greetings. Then they enter the castle.

====Scene 3 - Part 3: Inside the castle====

====Scene 3 - Part 3: Inside the castle====

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The five people walk down a stairway and enter a large hall. Large windows, showing a dazzling light, are high above them.

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The five people walk down a stairway and enter a large hall. Large windows showing a dazzling light are high above them. They approach a long-haired woman at a desk who greets them. After Cueball asks, it appears she can "somewhat" understand him and Megan. The woman asks where they came from and asks about their home; she asks if they brought anyone else. Megan and Cueball say they're trying to find out why the sea is changing. The woman explains that there is another sea which was once connected to theirs, but has since been cut off. She says that the water is now flowing back into their sea, and that the level will continue to rise. She shows Megan and Cueball a map of the area, including the castle, their sea, and the bigger sea which is joining it. The woman then shows the predicted new shoreline, which closely resembles that of the {{w|Mediterranean Sea}}. Megan assumes that the level rise is slow and will last for some years. The woman disagrees, and explains that the water level will rise over the course of a few days. Faced with knowledge of the imminent destruction of their village, Megan and Cueball bolt from the room and begin to run.

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They approach a long-haired woman at a desk, who greets them. After Cueball asks, it appears she can "somewhat" understand him and Megan. The woman asks about where they came from and asks about their home; she asks if they brought anyone else. Megan and Cueball say they're trying to find out why the sea is changing. The woman explains that there is another sea which was once connected to theirs, but has since been cut off. She says that the water is now flowing back into their sea, and that the level will continue to rise. She shows Megan and Cueball a map of the area, including the castle, their sea, and the bigger sea which is joining it. The woman then shows the predicted new shoreline, which closely resembles that of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea Mediterranean Sea]. Megan assumes that the level rises slow and will last for some years. The woman disagrees, and explains that the water level will rise over the course of a few days. Faced with knowledge of the imminent destruction of their village, Megan and Cueball bolt from the room and begin to run.

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===Scene 4: Recovering the people at their home===

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====Scene 4 - Part 1: Megan and Cueball running home====

====Scene 4 - Part 1: Megan and Cueball running home====

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They leave the castle and run back the same way as they came. They encounter some people on their way out. By this time the title text has changed from 'Wait for it' to '...' to 'RUN.' They pass some more people they met before and then, when they are alone, Megan reveals that she has stolen the maps from the hairy woman. Megan hopes she can give them back sometime. Cueball is happy and they continue their journey by using the maps. They reach their village, where they find that the people are aware of the rising sea levels, and that some of them have already gone up into the now-abandoned hills to see what items were left behind. Megan and Cueball tell them that the sea will continue to rise, and they make preparations to evacuate uphill.

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They leave the castle and run back the same way as they came. They encounter some people on their way out. By this time the title text has changed from 'Wait for it' to '...' to 'RUN.' They pass some more people they met before and when they are alone, Megan reveals that she has stolen the maps from the long-haired woman. Megan hopes she can give them back sometime. Cueball is happy and they continue their journey by using the maps. They reach their village, where they find that the people are aware of the rising sea levels, and that some of them have already gone up into the now-abandoned hills to see what items were left behind. Megan and Cueball tell them that the sea will continue to rise, and they make preparations to evacuate uphill.

====Scene 4 - Part 2: The tribe gets ready to move on their raft====

====Scene 4 - Part 2: The tribe gets ready to move on their raft====

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It turns out that Beret Girl from before has turned Megan and Cueball's sandcastle into a boat. Megan has the idea to ride it on the rising waters, but they need to hurry to prepare it.

====Scene 4 - Part 3: The tribe on their raft====

====Scene 4 - Part 3: The tribe on their raft====

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The raft is hastily made seaworthy and the tribe goes off in pursuit of the rest. They find the others floating on a makeshift canoe from a piece of floating debris. A line is thrown and the two boats try to pull each other closer. At one point the boats bump into each other and everyone falls over. A new day arises, and as Cueball and Megan rebuild their sandcastle on top of the raft, the raft runs aground. The tribe rushes off to explore the new land, and the raft is left behind at the end of the story at the mercy of the wind and waves.

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The raft is hastily made seaworthy and the tribe goes off in pursuit of the rest. They find the others floating on a makeshift canoe from a piece of floating debris. A rope is thrown and the two boats try to pull each other closer. At one point the boats bump into each other and everyone falls over. A new day arises and as Cueball and Megan rebuild their sandcastle on top of the raft, the raft runs aground. The tribe rushes off to explore the new land, and the raft is left behind at the end of the story at the mercy of the wind and waves.

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=== Viewing the comic's history ===

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==Viewing the comic's history==

Faster, navigable versions of the comic are available at:

Faster, navigable versions of the comic are available at:

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*A scrollable version is at [http://geekwagon.net/projects/xkcd1190/ geekwagon.net/projects/xkcd1190/] (with code on github), this is now being linked to from the comic's site.

*a scrollable version is at [http://geekwagon.net/projects/xkcd1190/ geekwagon.net/projects/xkcd1190/] (with code on github).

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*[http://xkcd.mscha.org/viewer/1 xkcd.mscha.org]

There is also a wiki dedicated to this particular comic and the related forum thread, at [http://xkcd-time.wikia.com/ xkcd-time.wikia.com/]. There is also a physics simulation of the trebuchet written in JavaScript/HTML5, available at [http://thred.github.io/xkcd-time-catapult/ thred.github.io/xkcd-time-catapult/]. The code is hosted on [https://github.com/thred/xkcd-time-catapult GitHub], too. There is an Android app which notifies users when a new image is posted and lets them view the image from within the app, available on [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drewhannay.xkcdtime Google Play]. The code for the app is hosted on [https://github.com/drewhannay/xkcd-time GitHub] and encourages contribution of new features or enhancements. An hourly updated graph of the rising water level is available at [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2169004/tide.png]

There is also a wiki dedicated to this particular comic and the related forum thread, at [http://xkcd-time.wikia.com/ xkcd-time.wikia.com/]. There is also a physics simulation of the trebuchet written in JavaScript/HTML5, available at [http://thred.github.io/xkcd-time-catapult/ thred.github.io/xkcd-time-catapult/]. The code is hosted on [https://github.com/thred/xkcd-time-catapult GitHub], too. There is an Android app which notifies users when a new image is posted and lets them view the image from within the app, available on [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drewhannay.xkcdtime Google Play]. The code for the app is hosted on [https://github.com/drewhannay/xkcd-time GitHub] and encourages contribution of new features or enhancements. An hourly updated graph of the rising water level is available at [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2169004/tide.png]

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Linux users can do the following to create an automatically-updating window of the comic in their workspace: install [http://feh.finalrewind.org/ feh] then

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There is also [http://edfel.atwebpages.com/Time-Map.php a map] with guesses on the locations that Megan and Cueball visit.

Additional composite scenes are located here: [[1190: Time: Pictures]]. Some of the images are very large, and may be slow to load.

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But be careful: Some pictures are very large.

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Investigations on the blurry speech by the woman in the big castle at scene 3 part 3 are here: [[1190: Time: Translator]]. Please help to enhance the pictures there for better readings.

Investigations on the blurry speech by the woman in the big castle at scene 3 part 3 are here: [[1190: Time: Translator]]. Please help to enhance the pictures there for better readings.

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On July 29, 2013 [[Randall]] did a post at his [http://blog.xkcd.com/2013/07/29/1190-time/ blag] about this comic.

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===Time's forum thread===

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In the xkcd fora, this comic was given a thread like any other comic. The Time thread expanded over the months of the comic's running to include 1254 pages, or just over 50,000 posts, and continued thereafter at a considerable pace. As of October 4th, it has 60,900 posts and an enormous 2,190,000 views, which easily tops every other thread. 28% of all posts within the [http://forums.xkcd.com/viewforum.php?f=7 Individual XKCD Comic Threads subforum] are in the Time thread. Compared to the thread for [[Click and Drag]], it has 10 times as many views and 90 times as many posts, while the typical comic thread has 30 to 200 posts. Its activity as a percentage of the entire fora can be seen in [http://xkcd.mscha.org/jjjdavidson/timeforumpercentage.128days.htm this graph].

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The [http://xkcd.mscha.org/sciscitor/img/avatars.jpg many frequent posters] of the thread developed a culture surrounding Time, creating their own [http://xkcd-time.wikia.com/wiki/Default_footnotes mannerisms], [http://xkcd-time.wikia.com/wiki/Glossary vocabulary], and [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130610101557/xkcd-time/images/a/a5/X.png jokes] on top of extracting every [http://xkcd-time.wikia.com/wiki/Age_of_the_Slow_Pixel#Quotes detail] from the comic and recording every frame. More information can be found at different places on Time's dedicated wiki, or, of course, on the [http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=101043 thread] [http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=101043&start=999999999 itself].

==Transcript==

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::Cueball: I don't think we can build it much taller than this. It's been fun, though!

::Cueball: I don't think we can build it much taller than this. It's been fun, though!

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::Cueball: Pfffth

::Cueball: Pfffth

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::Cueball: Pthuh!

::Cueball: Pthuh!

::Cueball: Yuck.

::Cueball: Yuck.

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::Cueball: I've had worse.

::Cueball: I've had worse.

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::Cueball: Guess one of us should climb down.

::Cueball: Guess one of us should climb down.

::Megan: Yeah.

::Megan: Yeah.

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::Megan: The sea is rising.

::Megan: The sea is rising.

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::Cueball: Yeah.

::Cueball: Yeah.

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::Cueball: There must be other rivers. Maybe something is wrong with them.

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::Megan: I like our castle.

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:: Megan: I like our castle.

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: +735:00

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::Cueball: I think it's going to go away.

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:: Cueball: I think it's going to go away.

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::Megan: Yeah.

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:: Megan: Yeah.

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: +738:00

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::Megan: Do you think there are other rivers?

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:: Megan: Do you think there are other rivers?

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::Cueball: '''''Something''''' is adding water to the sea.

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:: Cueball: '''''Something''''' is adding water to the sea.

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: +739:00

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::Megan: Does it have to be water? Maybe something is adding more land somewhere. And it's making the sea overflow.

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:: Megan: Does it have to be water? Maybe something is adding more land somewhere. And it's making the sea overflow.

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:+740:00

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: +740:00

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::Cueball: Or maybe it's just raining somewhere. We have no idea what's out there.

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:: Cueball: Or maybe it's just raining somewhere. We have no idea what's out there.

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: +741:00

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::Megan: Yeah.

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:: Megan: Yeah.

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: +743:00

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::Megan: Want to find out?

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:: Megan: Want to find out?

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::Cueball: Yes.

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:: Cueball: Yes.

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:+744:00

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: +744:00

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::Megan: I'll get some bags.

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:: Megan: I'll get some bags.

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: +760:00

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::Megan: ''bye.''

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:: Megan: ''bye.''

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:+761:00 [Megan exits.]

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: +761:00 [Megan exits.]

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:+775:00 [The entire scene begins a slow fade to white. The 'tide' continues to rise and the castle on the right continues to be subsumed.]

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: +775:00 [The entire scene begins a slow fade to white. The 'tide' continues to rise and the castle on the right continues to be subsumed.]

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:+830:00 [Beret Girl drops in for one frame. The fade and tide continue.]

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: +830:00 [Beret Girl drops in for one frame. The fade and tide continue.]

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:+847:00 [Beret Girl drops in again, dragging something. The fade and tide continue.] (This detail is not visible without an aid to undo the fade.)

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: +847:00 [Beret Girl drops in again, dragging something. The fade and tide continue.] (In fact, this detail was not visible without an aid to undo the fade.)

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:+850:00 [The entire scene is white.]

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: +850:00 [The entire scene is white.]

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===Scene 2===

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===Scene 2 (Exploring an unknown world)===

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====Scene 2 - Part 1 (Walking on flatlands and then reaching the base of the hill)====

====Scene 2 - Part 1 (Walking on flatlands and then reaching the base of the hill)====

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: +851:00 [New scene: ground.]

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:+851:00 [New scene: ground.]

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: +852:00 [Megan and Cueball walking with bags.]

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:+852:00 [Megan and Cueball walking with bags.]

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: +858:00 [Cueball pauses and Megan looks back at him.]

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:+858:00 [Cueball pauses and Megan looks back at him.]

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: +864:00 [Still walking.]

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:+864:00 [Still walking.]

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:: Cueball: Have you ever been this far?

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::Cueball: Have you ever been this far?

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:: Megan: Not this way.

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::Megan: Not this way.

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: +867:00 [Megan and Cueball stop and have a drink from flasks in their bags.]

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:+867:00 [Megan and Cueball stop and have a drink from flasks in their bags.]

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: +870:00 [Megan continues walking.]

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:+870:00 [Megan continues walking.]

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: +871:00 [Cueball continues walking.]

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:+871:00 [Cueball continues walking.]

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: +875:00 [They stop, sit and eat. The perspective changes showing they're in a landscape similar to time +0:00.]

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:+875:00 [They stop, sit and eat. The perspective changes showing they're in a landscape similar to time +0:00.]

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: +879:00 (frame 1000) [Megan reclines.]

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:+879:00 (frame 1000) [Megan reclines.]

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: +880:00 [They prepare to continue.]

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:+880:00 [They prepare to continue.]

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: +881:00 [They continue walking. The perspective returns to "parallel to the beach".]

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:+881:00 [They continue walking. The perspective returns to "parallel to the beach".]

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: +883:00 [Still walking.]

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:+883:00 [Still walking.]

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:: Megan: Maybe the sea doesn't end.

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::Megan: Maybe the sea doesn't end.

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: +884:00

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:+884:00

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:: Cueball: We haven't walked very far.

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::Cueball: We haven't walked very far.

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: +885:00

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:+885:00

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:: Megan: Yeah.

+

::Megan: Yeah.

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:: Megan: But that's what the first part of not ending looks like.

+

::Megan: But that's what the first part of not ending looks like.

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: +897:00 [Still walking.]

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:+897:00 [Still walking.]

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:: Megan: If we don't find something today, we'll have to start using the steam bottle.

+

::Megan: If we don't find something today, we'll have to start using the steam bottle.

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:: Cueball: Ugh!

+

::Cueball: Ugh!

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: +902:00 [They stop, having come to another body of water.]

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:+902:00 [They stop, having come to another body of water.]

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: +903:00

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:+903:00

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:: Megan: Yes.

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::Megan: Yes.

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:: Cueball: Yes what?

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::Cueball: Yes what?

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: +904:00 [The scene zooms out briefly, showing the opposite shore.]

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:+904:00 [The scene zooms out briefly, showing the opposite shore.]

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:: Megan: There are other rivers.

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::Megan: There are other rivers.

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: +908:00 [Cueball, having sat on the bank to drink, falls into the river when the bank beneath him crumbles. Megan manages to grab him and pull him back to dry land, but he loses his water bottle in the process.]

+

:+908:00 [Cueball, having sat on the bank to drink, falls into the river when the bank beneath him crumbles. Megan manages to grab him and pull him back to dry land, but he loses his water bottle in the process.]

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: +914:00 [Megan pulls out a lasso. She and Cueball both use it to try and grab the bottle. They fail.]

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:+914:00 [Megan pulls out a lasso. She and Cueball both use it to try and grab the bottle. They fail.]

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: +920:00

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:+920:00

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:: Cueball: The river isn't moving that fast. Maybe I could-

+

::Cueball: The river isn't moving that fast. Maybe I could-

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:: Megan: Too dangerous.

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::Megan: Too dangerous.

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:: Cueball: Yeah.

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::Cueball: Yeah.

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: +921:00

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:+921:00

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:: Megan: It's ok. It was an accident.

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::Megan: It's ok. It was an accident.

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: +923:00 [The bottle slips below the surface.]

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:+923:00 [The bottle slips below the surface.]

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:: Megan: You're right, though.

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::Megan: You're right, though.

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:: Cueball: About what?

+

::Cueball: About what?

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: +924:00

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:+924:00

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:: Megan: The river's not moving very fast.

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::Megan: The river's not moving very fast.

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: +928:00

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:+928:00

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:: Megan: It can't be flowing much faster than we walk.

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::Megan: It can't be flowing much faster than we walk.

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:: Megan: Even if it's as deep as it is wide, I don't think it's enough water.

+

::Megan: Even if it's as deep as it is wide, I don't think it's enough water.

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: +929:00

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:+929:00

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:: Cueball: Yeah

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::Cueball: Yeah

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: +931:00

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:+931:00

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:: Cueball: And this river doesn't ''look'' broken.

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::Cueball: And this river doesn't ''look'' broken.

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:: Megan: Yeah.

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::Megan: Yeah.

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: +932:00

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:+932:00

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:: Cueball: It's pretty neat, though.

+

::Cueball: It's pretty neat, though.

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:: Megan: ''Yeah.''

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::Megan: ''Yeah.''

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: +935:00 [Cueball grabs Megan's hand and gently pulls her back from the edge.]

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:+935:00 [Cueball grabs Megan's hand and gently pulls her back from the edge.]

::Megan: "Everything" is a little ambitious. We barely understand anything.

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:: Cueball: Yeah.

+

::Cueball: Yeah.

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: +952:00

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:+952:00

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:: Cueball: But that's what the first part of understanding everything looks like.

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::Cueball: But that's what the first part of understanding everything looks like.

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: +972:00

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:+972:00

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:: Cueball: If nothing else, I'm glad we found this river. It's not much farther from home than ours at its driest.

+

::Cueball: If nothing else, I'm glad we found this river. It's not much farther from home than ours at its driest.

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: +975:00

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:+975:00

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:: Megan: Oh. This river is even bigger than it looked.

+

::Megan: Oh. This river is even bigger than it looked.

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: +976:00 [The scene zooms out to show the opposite bank again. It continues to zoom out slowly, revealing that the "opposite bank" is actually just an island in the much, much larger river. Cueball and Megan continue to walk away from the viewer.]

+

:+976:00 [The scene zooms out to show the opposite bank again. It continues to zoom out slowly, revealing that the "opposite bank" is actually just an island in the much, much larger river. Cueball and Megan continue to walk away from the viewer.]

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: +990:00 [Megan and Cueball finally pass the end of the island. The scene zooms out even farther once more to show the far bank.]

+

:+990:00 [Megan and Cueball finally pass the end of the island. The scene zooms out even farther once more to show the far bank.]

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: +1001:00 [The scene returns to original zoom, with Megan and Cueball looking out over the river.]

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:+1001:00 [The scene returns to original zoom, with Megan and Cueball looking out over the river.]

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: +1002:00

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:+1002:00

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:: Megan: Maybe it ''is'' big enough to fill the sea.

+

::Megan: Maybe it ''is'' big enough to fill the sea.

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: +1003:00 [The two rest for a while. Cueball fills a bottle with river water. They both drink. Cueball lays down and naps.]

+

:+1003:00 [The two rest for a while. Cueball fills a bottle with river water. They both drink. Cueball lays down and naps.]

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: +1009:00

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:+1009:00

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:: Cueball (talking in his sleep): Our rope isn't strong enough.

+

::Cueball (talking in his sleep): Our rope isn't strong enough.

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: +1010:00

+

:+1010:00

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:: Megan: What?

+

::Megan: What?

−

:: Cueball (talking in his sleep): Hold this or you'll fall.

+

::Cueball (talking in his sleep): Hold this or you'll fall.

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: +1012:00 [Megan pokes Cueball with a stick. He wakes up, groggily.]

+

:+1012:00 [Megan pokes Cueball with a stick. He wakes up, groggily.]

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: +1021:00

+

:+1021:00

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:: Cueball: When our river gets too big, it fills with stuff. Wood and leaves and things from the people in the hills.

+

::Cueball: When our river gets too big, it fills with stuff.

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: +1022:00

+

:::Wood and leaves and things from the people in the hills.

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:: Cueball: This river doesn't look like that.

+

:+1022:00

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: +1023:00

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::Cueball: This river doesn't look like that.

−

:: Megan: Maybe it only flows through empty places.

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:+1023:00

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: +1025:00

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::Megan: Maybe it only flows through empty places.

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:: Megan: If this river isn't what's making the sea rise, we need to get past it. Either way, we continue upriver.

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:+1025:00

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: +1038:00

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::Megan: If this river isn't what's making the sea rise, we need to get past it.

−

:: Megan: I wonder how high the water is now.

+

:::Either way, we continue upriver.

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: +1039:00

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:+1038:00

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:: Cueball: I wonder if other people have noticed. It's been days.

+

::Megan: I wonder how high the water is now.

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:: Megan: Not a lot of us by the shore this time of year. A few kids, maybe.

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:+1039:00

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: +1040:00

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::Cueball: I wonder if other people have noticed. It's been days.

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:: Megan: It'd have to rise a lot higher before any tents got wet.

+

::Megan: Not a lot of us by the shore this time of year.

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: +1057:00

+

:::A few kids, maybe.

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:: Cueball: This river flows from bigger hills than ours.

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:+1040:00

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: +1058:00

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::Megan: It'd have to rise a lot higher before any tents got wet.

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:: Megan: If we don't reach a crossing soon, we'll be in them. (the bigger hills)

+

:+1057:00

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: +1060:00 [Megan and Cueball stand on the edge of a cliff and look down.]

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::Cueball: This river flows from bigger hills than ours.

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: +1063:00

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:+1058:00

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:: Megan: I wonder if it's possible to swim in.

+

::Megan: If we don't reach a crossing soon, we'll be in them.

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: +1091:00

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:+1060:00 [Megan and Cueball stand on the edge of a cliff and look down.]

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:: Megan: You OK?

+

:+1063:00

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: +1092:00

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::Megan: I wonder if it's possible to swim in.

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:: Cueball: Just thinking.

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:+1091:00

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: +1097:00

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::Megan: You OK?

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:: Megan: Should we follow the river through there?

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:+1092:00

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:: Cueball: Hmm.

+

::Cueball: Just thinking.

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: +1098:00

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:+1097:00

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:: Cueball: Let's see if we can go over those and rejoin it further up.

+

::Megan: Should we follow the river through there?

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: +1112:00

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::Cueball: Hmm.

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:: Megan: It must get windier up here.

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:+1098:00

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: +1129:00 [Megan takes a jump off the top of a hill while Cueball watches.]

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::Cueball: Let's see if we can go over those and rejoin it further up.

+

:+1112:00

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::Megan: It must get windier up here.

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:+1129:00 [Megan takes a jump off the top of a hill while Cueball watches.]

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====Scene 2 - Part 2 (Fun on dunes, some Berries, a frog, and the WOW trees from Madagascar)====

====Scene 2 - Part 2 (Fun on dunes, some Berries, a frog, and the WOW trees from Madagascar)====

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: +1140:00

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:+1140:00

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:: Cueball: OOF.

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::Cueball: OOF.

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:: Megan: These are bigger than they looked.

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::Megan: These are bigger than they looked.

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: +1144:00 [Megan tries another jump, but lands hard, in a heap.]

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:+1144:00 [Megan tries another jump, but lands hard, in a heap.]

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: +1155:00 [A bird appears in the sky, flying towards them. Megan and Cueball stop and watch it for the next few frames before it disappears behind them.]

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:+1155:00 [A bird appears in the sky, flying towards them. Megan and Cueball stop and watch it for the next few frames before it disappears behind them.]

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: +1193:00 [Grass appears.]

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:+1193:00 [Grass appears.]

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: +1198:00 [The first small tree appears.]

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:+1198:00 [The first small tree appears.]

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: +1216:00 [They come to a bigger tree, taller than them.]

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:+1216:00 [They come to a bigger tree, taller than them.]

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: +1218:00

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:+1218:00

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:: Megan: Neat.

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::Megan: Neat.

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: +1220:00 [Megan yawns audibly.]

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:+1220:00 [Megan yawns audibly.]

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: +1221:00 [Cueball sits beneath the tree.]

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:+1221:00 [Cueball sits beneath the tree.]

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: +1222:00

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:+1222:00

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:: Megan: The river isn't much farther...

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::Megan: The river isn't much farther...

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: +1223:00 [Cueball leans against the tree. Megan gives in and joins him, laying with her head on her pack. Cueball switches to laying on his pack, as well.]

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:+1223:00 [Cueball leans against the tree. Megan gives in and joins him, laying with her head on her pack. Cueball switches to laying on his pack, as well.]

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: +1257:00

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:+1257:00

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:: Cueball: Berries?

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::Cueball: Berries?

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:: Megan: Ooh, Thanks!

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::Megan: Ooh, Thanks!

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: +1259:00

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:+1259:00

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:: Cueball: There are people here. Or were.

+

::Cueball: There are people here.

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:: Cueball: I found some sort of campsite.

+

:::Or were.

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: +1260:00

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:::I found some sort of campsite.

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:: Megan: Recent?

+

:+1260:00

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:: Cueball: Looked like it'd been empty for a while.

+

::Megan: Recent?

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: +1262:00

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::Cueball: Looked like it'd been empty for a while.

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:: Megan: I'm thirsty. Let's get to the river.

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:+1262:00

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:: Cueball: Yeah.

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::Megan: I'm thirsty. Let's get to the river.

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: +1265:00

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::Cueball: Yeah.

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:: Megan: They leave anything good behind?

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:+1265:00

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:: Cueball: Just some wood. Not enough to build a raft.

+

::Megan: They leave anything good behind?

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: +1286:00 [Again at the river]

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::Cueball: Just some wood. Not enough to build a raft.

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:: Cueball: This place is beautiful.

+

:+1286:00 [Again at the river.]

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:: Megan: Yeah.

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::Cueball: This place is beautiful.

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: +1287:00

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::Megan: Yeah.

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:: Megan: I am surprised we haven't been seen by any people yet.

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:+1287:00

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: +1288:00

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::Megan: I am surprised we haven't been seen by any people yet.

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:: Megan: If it's this empty, ''we'' should live here.

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:+1288:00

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: +1291:00

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::Megan: If it's this empty, ''we'' should live here.

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:: Cueball: Did you notice the sea tasting ''better?''

+

:+1291:00

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:: Megan: ...No?

+

::Cueball: Did you notice the sea tasting ''better?''

−

: +1292:00

+

::Megan: ...No?

−

:: Megan: I don't know. I try ''not'' to taste seawater. Why?

+

:+1292:00

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: +1293:00

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::Megan: I don't know.

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:: Cueball: I was thinking. If a river is putting too much water in the sea, the sea should get fresher.

+

:::I try ''not'' to taste seawater.

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: +1294:00

+

:::Why?

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:: Cueball: I tasted the water back before we left.

+

:+1293:00

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:: Megan: Ugh. And?

+

::Cueball: I was thinking.

−

:: Cueball: I thought it was a ''little'' fresher, but maybe it was just me.

+

:::If a river is putting too much water in the sea, the sea should get fresher.

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: +1295:00

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:+1294:00

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:: Megan: Probably. I mean, how high was the sea then? The extra water couldn't have been more than a tiny part of it.

+

::Cueball: I tasted the water back before we left.

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: +1296:00

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::Megan: Ugh. And?

−

:: Cueball: Yeah.

+

::Cueball: I thought it was a ''little'' fresher, but maybe it was just me.

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: +1298:00

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:+1295:00

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:: Cueball: Well, we may as well continue. Either we'll figure out the sea, or we'll keep finding beautiful places.

:: Translator [very blurry]: They understand nothing so they will tend to matters.

+

::Stranger 3: [[File:Dialog2841a.png]]

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:: Megan: Of course.

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:+2757:00

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: +2758:00

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::Translator [very blurry]: They understand nothing so they will tend to matters.

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:: Translator: Your bags

+

::Megan: Of course.

−

: +2759:00

+

:+2758:00

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:: Megan: What do you want our bags for?

+

::Translator: Your bags

−

:: Translator: They are heavy.

+

:+2759:00

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:: Megan: ''...Oh.'' Thank you!

+

::Megan: What do you want our bags for?

−

: +2764:00

+

::Translator: They are heavy.

−

:: Cueball: Thank you!

+

::Megan: ''...Oh.'' Thank you!

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:: Translator: You're welcome.

+

:+2764:00

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: +2765:00

+

::Cueball: Thank you!

−

:: Translator: Tell me where your home is.

+

::Translator: You're welcome.

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: +2766:00

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:+2765:00

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:: Megan: We live by the shore, near a river that flows down to the sea every year.

+

::Translator: Tell me where your home is.

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:: Translator: What river? [ed. note: Translator's question mark is denoted by ring accent, as it is in their language]

+

:+2766:00

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: +2767:00

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::Megan: We live by the shore, near a river that flows down to the sea every year.

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:: Megan: It's a smaller river - not the one that flows from your land. We collect things that float down it.

+

::Translator: What river? [ed. note: Translator's question mark is denoted by ring accent, as it is in their language]

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: +2768:00

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:+2767:00

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:: Cueball: There are people in the hills where our river comes from.

+

::Megan: It's a smaller river-not the one that flows from your land.

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:: Megan: <small>They don't like us.</small>

+

:::We collect things that float down it.

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: +2769:00

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:+2768:00

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:: Translator: How many people strong are you? [ed. note: "yoů"]

+

::Cueball: There are people in the hills where our river comes from.

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: +2770:00

+

::Megan: <small>They don't like us.</small>

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:: Cueball: There are about forty of us.

+

:+2769:00

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:: Translator: [unintelligible, but it's clear that the first line is something like "What is forty?" or "How much is forty?" The second line is very hard to read, but might be along the lines of not knowing larger numbers (almost looks like "All my numbers are too small.").]

:: Translator [blurry]: Do you carry these people with you? [ed. note: "yoů"]

+

::Megan: Um. Four ten times. Five eight times.

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: +2772:00

+

::Translator: Yes! Good.

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:: Megan: No. We came here alone.

+

:+2771:00

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:: Translator [blurry]: Oh.

+

::Translator [blurry]: Do you carry these people with yoů [ed. note: "you?"]

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:: Megan: We're here to find out why the sea is changing.

+

:+2772:00

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:: Translator [blurry]: Um.

+

::Megan: No. We came here alone.

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: +2773:00

+

::Translator [blurry]: Oh.

−

:: Translator [very blurry]: You do not know. I [illegible]you see.

+

::Megan: We're here to find out why the sea is changing.

−

:: Cueball: ...did you get that?

+

::Translator [blurry]: Um.

−

:: Megan: No.

+

:+2773:00

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: +2774:00

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::Translator [very blurry]: You do not know.

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:: Translator [very blurry]: Your sea does not stand alone! There is another sea north [of yours] beyond the shore. It has become glued to yours [but their] levels differ and thus [water] flows. [Ed: exclamation points denoted by two lines above last letter in the sentence]

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:::I [illegible]you see.

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:: Cueball: Wait, slow down.

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::Cueball: ...did you get that?

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: +2775:00

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::Megan: No.

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:: Megan: No, I think I understood. There's a second sea, a higher one, and its waters have started flowing into ours.

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:+2774:00

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:: Cueball: Why? What connected them?

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::Translator [very blurry]: Your sea does not stand alone! There is another sea north [of yours] beyond the shore. It has become glued to yours [but their] levels differ and thus [water] flows. [Ed: exclamation points denoted by two lines above last letter in the sentence]

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:: Megan: Yeah--what changed?

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::Cueball: Wait, slow down.

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: +2776:00

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:+2775:00

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:: Translator [very blurry]: In time even the hills change. When people first walked and first built [their] cities the seas were joined. But there was a great [illegible] rocks and the passage was closed. Your sea [illegible] with too few rivers. Under the sun it shrank and the water fell. Now the sea has found a way back in.

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::Megan: No, I think I understood.

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: +2777:00

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:::There's a second sea, a higher one, and its waters have started flowing into ours.

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:: Cueball: … How different are the seas' heights? How high will the water eventually rise? Should we move our home?

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::Cueball: Why? What connected them?

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:: Translator: Do you know where you are? [ed. note: "are̊"]

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::Megan: Yeah-what changed?

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: +2778:00

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:+2776:00

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:: Cueball: No.

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::Translator [very blurry]: In time even the hills change. When people first walked and first built [their] cities the seas were joined. But there was a great [illegible] rocks and the passage was closed. Your sea [illegible] with too few rivers. Under the sun it shrank and the water fell. Now the sea has found a way back in.

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:: Translator: I will build you a map to understanding.

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:+2777:00

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: +2780:00

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::Cueball: ...How different are the seas' heights?

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:: [A map is drawn on a tablet. A sea named [[File:Dialog2906.png]] in the middle is labeled [This sea is yours]. There is part of a sea to the bottom left, labeled [The sea joining yours]. Above the central sea there is a small patch labeled [The fortress is here].]

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:::How high will the water eventually rise? Should we move our home?

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: +2781:00

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::Translator: Do you know where you are̊ [ed. note: "are?"]

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:: [Dotted lines are drawn on the map featuring the predicted future extent of sea. The shape of the predicted coastline matches the shape of the real-world western to central Mediterranean Sea from Gibraltar to Italy/Albania. Thus the "sea joining yours" corresponds to the Atlantic ocean and the "sea that is yours" corresponds to the remains of the Mediterranean. This matches the Latin phrase "mare nostrum" (= "our ocean") that the Romans used to call the Mediterranean. The location of the castle corresponds to the vicinity of Marseille in France.]

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:+2778:00

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:: Translator: And this. Our belief about the sea's new shore.

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::Cueball: No.

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: +2782:00

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::Translator: I will build you a map to understanding.

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:: Megan: The sea can cover ''mountains''?

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:+2780:00

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: +2783:00

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::[A map is drawn on a tablet. A sea named [[File:Dialog2906.png]] in the middle is labeled [This sea is yours]. There is part of a sea to the bottom left, labeled [The sea joining yours]. Above the central sea there is a small patch labeled [The fortress is here].]

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:: Translator: We learned. It has happened before. When our parents were learning to walk upright the sea fled and returned.

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:+2781:00

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: +2784:00

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::[Dashed lines are drawn on the map featuring the predicted future extent of sea. The shape of the predicted coastline matches the shape of the real-world western to central Mediterranean Sea from Gibraltar to Italy/Albania. Thus the "sea joining yours" corresponds to the Atlantic ocean and the "sea that is yours" corresponds to the remains of the Mediterranean. This matches the Latin phrase "mare nostrum" (= "our ocean") that the Romans used to call the Mediterranean. The location of the castle corresponds to the vicinity of Marseille in France.]

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:: Translator: [Now] it is happening again.

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::Translator: And this. Our belief about the sea's new shore.

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: +2786:00

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:+2782:00

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:: Megan: The shoreline goes right through where the castle is. Where we are right now.

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::Megan: The sea can cover ''mountains''?

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:: Translator: Yes.

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:+2783:00

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: +2787:00

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::Translator: We learned.

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:: Translator: The castle [fortress] was once an island. We found it and have tried to rebuild it.

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:::It has happened before. When our parents were learning to walk upright the sea fled and returned.

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: +2788:00

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:+2784:00

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:: Translator: I guess [imagine / suppose] it will be an island again.

+

::Translator: [Now] it is happening again.

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: +2789:00

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:+2786:00

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:: Cueball: Who ''are'' you ?

+

::Megan: The shoreline goes right through where the castle is.

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:: Translator: [very blurry] We are tea(che)rs/learners/scholars. This fortress s(wa)r(m)s with tea(ching)/sci(ence)/lea(rn). And I am their teacher/leader/ruler.

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:::Where we are right now.

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: +2790:00

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::Translator: Yes.

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:: Megan: I still can't imagine it. ''Every'' place we've walked will someday be inside the sea.

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:+2787:00

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: +2791:00

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::Translator: The castle [fortress] was once an island.

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:: Megan: We need to get back home. We need to get started on plans to move. Can we have one of your maps ? That would help - ...Are you OK ?

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:::We found it and have tried to rebuild it.

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: +2792:00

+

:+2788:00

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:: Translator: [very blurry] I'm so sorry

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::Translator: I guess [imagine / suppose] it will be an island again.

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:: Cueball: What?

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:+2789:00

−

: +2793:00

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::Cueball: Who ''are'' you ?

−

:: Translator: [very blurry] When we discovered the sea was rising under the bank, we tried to shore it up. We '''failed'''! We tried to re(mo)ve everybody from the basin but we do not '''know''' of your group/t(rib)e.

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::Translator: [very blurry] We are tea(che)rs/learners/scholars. This fortress s(wa)r(m)s with tea(ching)/sci(ence)/lea(rn). And I am their teacher/leader/ruler.

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: +2794:00

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:+2790:00

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:: Megan: No, it's ok! I've been thinking. At the rate we saw the sea rising, it will take years to -

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::Megan: I still can't imagine it. ''Every'' place we've walked will someday be inside the sea.

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:: Translator: '''No.'''

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:+2791:00

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: +2795:00

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::Megan: We need to get back home.

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:: Translator: [very blurry] As the water flows, it widens the breach. '''The berm is giving way.''' The sea will rush through in a great torrent. The planet's mightiest river will once again come thundering down the mountainside. The sea will fill not in years but in '''days'''.

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:::We need to get started on plans to move.

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: +2796:00

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:::Can we have one of your maps? That would help-

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:: Translator: The journey to your land is much too long. I will not send [illegible] only to see them encircled and drowned by the [rising / rushing] tide.

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:::...Are you OK ?

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: +2797:00

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:+2792:00

−

:: Translator: The world you know is ending, but fortune has delivered you from the flood. You did not intend to leave your home forever, but be [thankful / grateful] you left when you did.

+

::Translator: [very blurry] I'm so sorry

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:: Cueball: But..

+

::Cueball: What?

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: +2798:00

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:+2793:00

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:: Translator: You must say your goodbyes from there. You cannot go back down into the abyss. For you have walked too far and now there is no more time to walk. The ocean ('''sea''') is coming ('''here''').

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::Translator: [very blurry] When we discovered the sea was rising under the bank, we tried to shore it up.

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: +2801:00 [Megan and Cueball running out of the room.]

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:::We '''failed.'''

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:::We tried to re(mo)ve everybody from the basin but we do not '''know''' of your group/t(rib)e.

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:+2794:00

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::Megan: No, it's ok!

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:::I've been thinking.

+

:::At the rate we saw the sea rising, it will take years to-

+

::Translator: '''No.'''

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:+2795:00

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::Translator: [very blurry] As the water flows, it widens the breach.

+

:::'''The berm is giving way.'''

+

:::The sea will rush through in a great torrent.

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:::The planet's mightiest river will once again come thundering down the mountainside.

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:::The sea will fill

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:::not in years

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:::but in '''days'''.

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:+2796:00

+

::Translator: The journey to your land is much too long.

+

:::I will not send [illegible] only to see them encircled and drowned by the [rising / rushing] tide.

+

:+2797:00

+

::Translator: The world you know is ending,

+

:::But fortune has delivered you from the flood.

+

:::You did not intend to leave your home forever, but be [thankful / grateful] you left when you did.

+

::Cueball: But..

+

:+2798:00

+

::Translator: You must say your goodbyes from there. You cannot go back down into the abyss

+

:::For you have walked too far and now there is no more time to walk

+

:::The ocean ('''sea''') is coming ('''here''').

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:+2801:00 [Megan and Cueball running out of the room.]

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===Scene 4===

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===Scene 4 (Recovering the people at their home)===

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====Scene 4 - Part 1 (Megan and Cueball running home)====

====Scene 4 - Part 1 (Megan and Cueball running home)====

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: +2807:00 [Outside of the castle, two strangers sitting on the ground.]

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:+2807:00 [Outside of the castle, two strangers sitting on the ground.]

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:: Cueball: ...oh! Hi!

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::Stranger: [[File:Dialog2931.png]]

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:: Stranger: [[File:Dialog2931.png]]

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::Cueball: ...oh! Hi!

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: +2808:00

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:+2808:00

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:: Cueball: I, uhh... Thank you for-

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::Cueball: I, uhh...

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:: Megan: [[File:Dialog2932.png]]

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:::Thank you for-

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:: Cueball: thank you. We have to go.

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::Megan: [[File:Dialog2932.png]]

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: +2809:00

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::Cueball: Thank you.

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:: Stranger: [[File:Dialog2933.png]]

+

:::We have to go.

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:: Megan: Goodbye!

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:+2809:00

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: +2810:00

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::Stranger: [[File:Dialog2933.png]]

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:: Cueball: It's getting late.

+

::Megan: Goodbye!

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:: Megan: We can make it to the tower tonight

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:+2810:00

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: +2811:00

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::Cueball: It's getting late.

−

:: Cueball: We can't run the whole way

+

::Megan: We can make it to the tower tonight

−

:: Megan: Nope

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:+2811:00

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: +2815:00 [At the village.]

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::Cueball: We can't run the whole way

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:: Man with large hat: [[File:Dialog2941.png]]

+

::Megan: Nope

−

: +2816:00

+

:+2815:00 [At the village.]

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:: Cueball: Hi! Probably.

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::Man with large hat: [[File:Dialog2941.png]]

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: +2824:00

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:+2816:00

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:: Cueball: Not much further!

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::Cueball: Hi!

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: +2830:00 [They enter a dark tunnel and do a rest for sleep.]

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:::Probably.

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: +2832:00

+

:+2824:00

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:: Cueball: I dreamed I woke up in the water.

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::Cueball: Not much further!

−

: +2836:00

+

:+2830:00 [They enter a dark tunnel and do a rest for sleep.]

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:: Cueball: I hope they don't mind us taking some of the food and water here.

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:+2832:00

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:: Megan: <small>Mm.</small>

+

::Cueball: I dreamed I woke up in the water.

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: +2837:00

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:+2836:00

−

:: Cueball: Maybe we should have stayed to ask. But I was starting to get a little creeped out.

+

::Cueball: I hope they don't mind us taking some of the food and water here.

−

:: Megan: <small>Yeah.</small>

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::Megan: <small>Mm.</small>

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: +2841:00

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:+2837:00

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:: Cueball: Still, maybe they could have helped us find a faster way back.

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::Cueball: Maybe we should have stayed to ask.

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: +2842:00

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:::But I was starting to get a little creeped out.

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:: Cueball: ...are you OK?

+

::Megan: <small>Yeah.</small>

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:: Megan: I did something that was wrong.

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:+2841:00

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: +2843:00

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::Cueball: Still, maybe they could have helped us find a faster way back.

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:: Cueball: !!!

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:+2842:00

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: +2844:00

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::Cueball: ...Are you OK?

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:: Cueball: You stole the maps!

+

::Megan: I did something that was wrong.

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:: Megan: I'll give them back some day! I hope.

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:+2843:00

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:: Cueball: This is great! There are so many!

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::Cueball: !!!

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: +2845:00

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:+2844:00

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:: Cueball: We must be here, right?

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::Cueball: You stole the maps!

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:: Megan: Yeah. So we can follow our old path back down the mountain, then cut across land through the hills. I'm guessing they're empty. It sounds that everyone knew but us.

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::Megan: I'll give them back some day! I hope.

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:: Cuball: Yeah.

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::Cueball: This is great! There are so many!

−

:: Megan: OK. We can do this, probably.

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:+2845:00

−

: +2851:00

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::Cueball: We must be here, right?

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:: Megan: That stuff they put on my leg worked great. What do you think it was?

+

::Megan: Yeah.

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:: Cueball: No idea. I'm just glad they had it.

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:::So we can follow our old path back down the mountain, then cut across land through the hills.

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: +2852:00

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:::I'm guessing they're empty. It sounds that everyone knew but us.

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:: Megan: Along with the maps I should've stolen a guide to treating injuries. Ooh, and one how they make those pointing devices in the towers...

: +2890:00 [Cueball is falling into the water, keeping his backpack above the water level.]

+

:::These things seem to be snaking in from all along the coast. We should've come from more inland.

−

:: SPLASH

+

::Megan: I was ''trying'', but inland keeps moving!

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:: Cueball: Augh!

+

:+2887:00

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:: Megan: What??

+

::Cueball: They're headed this way. They must be planning to cross here.

−

: +2891:00

+

:::Do you think it's safe?

−

:: Cueball: It's- ''*tphbtt*'' -it's ''fresh''! Not as fresh as a river, but too fresh to float on- definitely not while holding a bag.

+

::Megan: It should be-

−

:: Megan: I guess the other sea is fresh water. I hope it's shallow enough to ford.

+

:::it's not actually a river; they can swim if they need.

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: +2892:00

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:+2888:00

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:: Cueball: I'll go first, since you have the maps.

+

::Cueball: We should cross.

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:: Megan: I think this bag will keep them pretty dry if it has to. It's a good bag.

+

:::They're not here yet, and it's getting deeper. Better to get on their side while we can.

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: +2893:00 [Crossing the water.]

+

:::Then we can help them back over if it's safe.

−

:: Cueball: Whoa, careful - the current gets strong!

+

::Megan: Good thinking.

−

:: Megan: Oof! It's not even that deep, but... ...I can barely...

+

:+2889:00 [Cueball is in the water.]

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:: Cueball: Almost there.

+

::Cueball: I can feel it flowing...

−

: +2894:00 [At the other side.]

+

:::...but something seems wrong.

−

:: Cueball: That was a little too close. Oh, they definitely see us! <big>'''''Hey!'''''</big>

+

:::Hang on.

−

:: Other people: !!!!!

+

:+2890:00 [Cueball is falling into the water, keeping his backpack above the water level.]

−

:: Megan: I think I can actually ''see'' it rising, at the edge.

+

::SPLASH

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: +2895:00 [Some people from their tribe appear.]

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::Cueball: Augh!

−

:: Friend: You're back!

+

::Megan: What??

−

:: Megan: The sea is not going to stop rising! We have to get to the mountains!

+

:+2891:00

−

:: Cueball: ...hello!

+

::Cueball: It's-

−

: +2896:00

+

:::''*tphbtt*''

−

:: Friend: Where did you go?

+

:::-it's ''fresh''!

−

:: Megan: To the mountains! We learned everything!

+

:::Not as fresh as a river, but too fresh to float on-

−

:: Friend: ''Everything?''

+

:::definitely not while holding a bag.

−

:: Megan: Most of it! Where's everyone else?

+

::Megan: I guess the other sea is fresh water. I hope it's shallow enough to ford.

−

: +2897:00

+

:+2892:00

−

:: Friend: The hills are empty!

+

::Cueball: I'll go first, since you have the maps.

−

:: Megan: We know!

+

::Megan: I think this bag will keep them pretty dry if it has to. It's a good bag.

−

:: Friend: It's great! We don't have to wait for them to throw stuff away! A bunch of us are up there right now going through what they left behind!

+

:+2893:00 [Crossing the water.]

−

:: Megan: But, the flood!

+

::Cueball: Whoa, careful-the current gets strong!

−

:: Cueball: Oh, no.

+

::Megan: Oof!

−

: +2898:00

+

:::It's not even that deep, but...

−

:: Friend 1: The kids told us about the sea a few days ago. I said we should move to the hills, but others wanted to keep clear in case the people return.

+

:::...I can barely...

−

:: Friend 2: When we saw it was coming up the riverbed, I left with this group. The others are getting ready to leave but wanted to see if the water-

+

::Cueball: Almost there.

−

:: Megan: How many?

+

:+2894:00 [At the other side.]

−

:: Friend 2: There are twelve of us back at camp.

+

::Cueball: That was a little too close.

−

:: Megan: ...we have to go back.

+

:::Oh, they definitely see us!

−

:: Cueball: Huh...I think there's stuff floating on the sea.

+

:::<big>'''''Hey!'''''</big>:::

−

: +2899:00

+

::Other people: !!!!!

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:: Megan: We might be able to cross here, but the next group won't. The currents are strong and the water has changed. It's getting fresher, like a river. We can't float across, unless any of you can swim on fresh water.

+

::Megan: I think I can actually ''see'' it rising, at the edge.

−

:: Friend 3: My cousin says she can swim across a river.

+

:+2895:00 [Some people from their tribe appear.]

−

:: Megan: Well, can she carry all of us?

+

::Friend: You're back!

−

:: Friend 3: I'll ask her.

+

::Megan: The sea is not going to stop rising! We have to get to the mountains!

−

:: Megan: There seem to be more of these channels. We shouldn't split the group up further just to get trapped among them.

+

::Cueball: ...hello!

−

:: Friend 3 (cont.): Except I can't find her...

+

:+2896:00

−

:: Friend 2: OK, what <i>do </i>we do?

+

::Friend: Where did you go?

−

:: Cueball: I think there's something on the sea.

+

::Megan: To the mountains! We learned everything!

−

: +2900:00

+

::Friend: ''Everything?''

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:: Megan: We have to get everyone together. We have to find something to help us cross rivers and sea-channels. We have to head the other way, across the plain, toward the mountains. We need to run.

+

::Megan: Most of it! Where's everyone else?

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: +2901:00 [They run]

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:+2897:00

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: +2902:00 [Cut to black]

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::Friend: The hills are empty!

+

::Megan: We know!

+

::Friend: It's great! We don't have to wait for them to throw stuff away! A bunch of us are up there right now going through what they left behind!

+

::Megan: But, the flood!

+

::Cueball: Oh, no.

+

:+2898:00

+

::Friend 1: The kids told us about the sea a few days ago. I said we should move to the hills, but others wanted to keep clear in case the people return.

+

::Friend 2: When we saw it was coming up the riverbed, I left with this group. The others are getting ready to leave but wanted to see if the water-

+

::Megan: How many?

+

::Friend 2: There are twelve of us back at camp.

+

::Megan: ...we have to go back.

+

::Cueball: Huh...

+

:::I think there's stuff floating on the sea.

+

:+2899:00

+

::Megan: We might be able to cross here, but the next group won't.

+

:::The currents are strong and the water has changed. It's getting fresher, like a river. We can't float across, unless any of you can swim on fresh water.

+

::Friend 3: My cousin says she can swim across a river.

+

::Megan: Well, can she carry all of us?

+

::Friend 3: I'll ask her.

+

::Megan: There seem to be more of these channels. We shouldn't split the group up further just to get trapped among them.

+

::Friend 3 (cont.): Except I can't find her...

+

::Friend 2: OK, what <i>do </i>we do?

+

::Cueball: I think there's something on the sea.

+

:+2900:00

+

::Megan: We have to get everyone together.

+

:::We have to find something to help us cross rivers and sea-channels.

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:::We have to head the other way,

+

:::across the plain,

+

:::toward the mountains.

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:::We need to run.

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:+2901:00 [They run.]

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: +2902:00 [Cut to black.]

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====Scene 4 - Part 2 (The tribe gets ready to move on their raft)====

====Scene 4 - Part 2 (The tribe gets ready to move on their raft)====

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: +2903:00

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:+2903:00

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:: Megan (explaining to the rest of the tribe): To avoid being trapped by these sea-rivers - or the regular rivers - we need a way to cross them.

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::Megan: As you can tell, the sea is coming up the river.

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:: They're too fresh to swim over, so we'll have to bring things to float with. They need to be light enough to carry, so wood won't work.

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:::These low channels are going to fill quickly,

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: +2904:00

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:::We need to get away from them, move along them on high ground to join up with the group in the hills, and then escape across the plains to the mountains.

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:: Megan: Bags might work; some of them can hold air if they get wet.

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:::I have maps to show us the way.

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:: But grab whatever you can, we may already be too late.

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:+2904:00

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:: And the currents are strong, so we'll need rope.

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::Cueball: To avoid being trapped by these sea-rivers-or the regular rivers-we need a way to cross them.

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: +2905:00

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::Megan: They're too fresh to swim over, so we'll have to bring things to float with. They need to be light enough to carry, so wood won't work.